Mos Def tried to live in South Africa with the international passport. This is a real thing that you can do, at least it's supposed to be. SA is on the list of countries who claim to recognize such documents. Unsurprisingly, he was arrested and eventually deported back to America.
The paradox of humanity is that to a large extent we only know what it looks like coming from a place of lack, that's seemingly how we started off in nature, if not than at least that's the history we've learned and so we carry it with us.
I am skeptical about future technological developments, not because I don't see potential but because we haven't evolved on a spiritual level enough to fully enjoy the abundance that our current technology could provide.
As for how to deal with government, ideally, we won't need it, but we need to work with what we have, which is not to say everyone needs to work with what we have.
Governments main goal should be to render itself obsolete. We need to believe that maybe it could be possible, but also recognize that it'll be a process. A govt like this may sound impossible to most, but if we could start with more politicians like Sanders and Corbyn, not only at the national level but at a local level, many possibilities open up. Imagine sustainable communities being protected by the government or even encouraged instead of being forced out by gentrification.
I think the first step is to increase all forms of social experimentation in safe settings and to push for protection of such experimentation. From there perhaps we could create new cultures which are more in harmony with our planet and with other communities .
This is a topic for one of my future posts but the hippies didn't fail. They paved way for countless things including the sharing of ideas between east and west, and occupy. Occupy didn't fail either, the seeds planted at that time are still growing.
Your answer for the question of the week is fantastic
Beautiful reflections on this @whatamidoing. Small significant steps is indeed what should be pushed here and now, the topic is too big to tackle or to be subject to an immediate resolution, i like your view on this. I am reducing my Steemit time a bit, a kind of a 'life is a live thing' going on, almost missed your beautiful comment, much love.